Matthew Shaw
@mattshaw23.bsky.social
Sports Lecturer (Førstelektor) HVL 🇳🇴 | Interested in 🏉🧠 | Born again sociologist | Podcaster - Idrettsforskning 🎧
This has got be some of the worst negligence I’ve ever seen in sport. Eli Kotoa knocked unconscious in the WARM UP, allowed to play and sustain multiple brain injuries that lead to emergency surgery.
It’s 2025
It’s 2025
Eliesa Katoa seizure activity, head knocks, medical episode, Melbourne Storm statement, Tonga vs New Zealand, doctors
https://www.newsbeep.com/225454/
Melbourne Storm have confirmed Eli Katoa suffered “seizure activity” on the bench and needed surgery after being allowed…
https://www.newsbeep.com/225454/
Melbourne Storm have confirmed Eli Katoa suffered “seizure activity” on the bench and needed surgery after being allowed…
Eliesa Katoa seizure activity, head knocks, medical episode, Melbourne Storm statement, Tonga vs New Zealand, doctors - News Beep
Melbourne Storm have confirmed Eli Katoa suffered “seizure activity” on the bench and needed surgery after being allowed to play on for Tonga against New
www.newsbeep.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
This has got be some of the worst negligence I’ve ever seen in sport. Eli Kotoa knocked unconscious in the WARM UP, allowed to play and sustain multiple brain injuries that lead to emergency surgery.
It’s 2025
It’s 2025
What’s the latest with Twitter these days?
October 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
What’s the latest with Twitter these days?
UTI
⚽️ 𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋-𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄
IF SATURDAY WAS MASSIVE, THAT IS HUGE! Back-to-back away wins for the Iron, with Beestin, Ewing and Sellars-Fleming netting.
(YORK 1-3 IRON)
🤝 Social media on matchdays is sponsored by Symes Bains Broomer Solicitors 👉 sbblaw.com.
#UTI #IRON
IF SATURDAY WAS MASSIVE, THAT IS HUGE! Back-to-back away wins for the Iron, with Beestin, Ewing and Sellars-Fleming netting.
(YORK 1-3 IRON)
🤝 Social media on matchdays is sponsored by Symes Bains Broomer Solicitors 👉 sbblaw.com.
#UTI #IRON
October 2, 2025 at 5:52 AM
UTI
Only since I’ve started doing work on brain injury and sport have I been called an activist (multiple times), which tells me I’m finally doing something worthwhile with my research time, and I’m probably doing it right.
September 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Only since I’ve started doing work on brain injury and sport have I been called an activist (multiple times), which tells me I’m finally doing something worthwhile with my research time, and I’m probably doing it right.
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I used to think I was a vampire but on reflection I might not be.
September 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I used to think I was a vampire but on reflection I might not be.
I don’t know why more stand up comedians don’t just take up university lecturing. It’s basically crowd work with references.
August 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I don’t know why more stand up comedians don’t just take up university lecturing. It’s basically crowd work with references.
UTI
⚽️ 𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋-𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄
THREE IN A ROW! It’s an absolutely massive win on the road for the Iron as we come from behind to take all three points. Howe, Rose and Whitehall with the goals.
(SUTTON 2-3 IRON)
🤝 Social media on matchdays is sponsored by Symes Bains Broomer Solicitors 👉 sbblaw.com.
#UTI #IRON
THREE IN A ROW! It’s an absolutely massive win on the road for the Iron as we come from behind to take all three points. Howe, Rose and Whitehall with the goals.
(SUTTON 2-3 IRON)
🤝 Social media on matchdays is sponsored by Symes Bains Broomer Solicitors 👉 sbblaw.com.
#UTI #IRON
August 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
UTI
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Someone who supports my work has paid for 3 books for me to give away! I'll double that - so I have *six* to give away!!! To enter just repost & comment below. I'll announce the winners on friday (1st Aug). Please do share, thanks. 🙏🤟🍻 More info on the book here - www.routledge.com/Doing-Good-S....
July 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Someone who supports my work has paid for 3 books for me to give away! I'll double that - so I have *six* to give away!!! To enter just repost & comment below. I'll announce the winners on friday (1st Aug). Please do share, thanks. 🙏🤟🍻 More info on the book here - www.routledge.com/Doing-Good-S....
🧵New bit from me that’s been a nice side quest to develop my interviewing skills while exploring something I’m interested in, as a podcaster myself.
Paper is open access so everyone can read it! 🎙️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Paper is open access so everyone can read it! 🎙️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“You’re the Gatekeeper”: Exploring Open-Access Podcast Creation in the Sport and Exercise Sciences
This study explores the motivations of individuals producing open-access podcasts related to sport and exercise science. Following interviews with 14 podcasters, we found that the podcasters demons...
www.tandfonline.com
June 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🧵New bit from me that’s been a nice side quest to develop my interviewing skills while exploring something I’m interested in, as a podcaster myself.
Paper is open access so everyone can read it! 🎙️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Paper is open access so everyone can read it! 🎙️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
May 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
RUNIT is absolutely shameful. Society has never been more aware of the brain injury risks related to contact sport. CTE is mainstream terminology.
RUNIT have taken the (well-evidenced) most dangerous part of a dangerous sport and made it a sport itself.
Someone will die from this.
RUNIT have taken the (well-evidenced) most dangerous part of a dangerous sport and made it a sport itself.
Someone will die from this.
"Pearce also has grave concerns about contestants being asked to endure multiple collisions – in training and elimination events, and in the case of Papali’i, 14 high-force impacts in the course of the evening"
An insightful piece by Geoff Parkes on The Roar.
www.theroar.com.au/2025/05/06/i...
An insightful piece by Geoff Parkes on The Roar.
www.theroar.com.au/2025/05/06/i...
'I was sickened': The brutal new rugby-combat hybrid 'sport' where athletes risk their futures for a $20k wad of cash
It’s one of those tricky Melbourne autumn evenings. Too warm for a jacket, too cool for a T-shirt. Never mind, the temperature inside Kensington’s…
www.theroar.com.au
May 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
RUNIT is absolutely shameful. Society has never been more aware of the brain injury risks related to contact sport. CTE is mainstream terminology.
RUNIT have taken the (well-evidenced) most dangerous part of a dangerous sport and made it a sport itself.
Someone will die from this.
RUNIT have taken the (well-evidenced) most dangerous part of a dangerous sport and made it a sport itself.
Someone will die from this.
Some epistemology from me & @drcrmatthews.bsky.social
This wasn’t really about biobanding or parents understanding of it, this was more about the critique of the tools typically used to “measure” such understanding.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This wasn’t really about biobanding or parents understanding of it, this was more about the critique of the tools typically used to “measure” such understanding.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘Measuring’ methodological artefacts – thinking critically about surveys via knowledge of ‘biobanding’
Surveys can efficiently generate big datasets, but they can misrepresent participants’ understandings. Our article discusses the potential for surveys to produce ‘methodological artifacts’ when mea...
www.tandfonline.com
April 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Some epistemology from me & @drcrmatthews.bsky.social
This wasn’t really about biobanding or parents understanding of it, this was more about the critique of the tools typically used to “measure” such understanding.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This wasn’t really about biobanding or parents understanding of it, this was more about the critique of the tools typically used to “measure” such understanding.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
About time this guy was made to pay!
April 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
About time this guy was made to pay!
Enjoyed talking last week about the work I’m doing with @jackhardwicke.bsky.social and @drcrmatthews.bsky.social around brain injury and rugby
March 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Enjoyed talking last week about the work I’m doing with @jackhardwicke.bsky.social and @drcrmatthews.bsky.social around brain injury and rugby
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No child should acquire brain damage that is within adult control to prevent. Sport is no exception. New paper on this:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Preventing sport-acquired brain damage in children: ‘If in doubt, sit them out’ on its own is not good enough
www.sciencedirect.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
No child should acquire brain damage that is within adult control to prevent. Sport is no exception. New paper on this:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Update on the new book, new papers and a few workshops and lectures that are free to attend: mailchi.mp/de419fe5dc50...
March 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Update on the new book, new papers and a few workshops and lectures that are free to attend: mailchi.mp/de419fe5dc50...
Fucking hell, how hard is it.
Tax. The. Rich.
Tax. The. Rich.
📢 The UK government is talking about making HUGE cuts to disabled people’s social security.
Disabled people are already three times more likely to face hunger, and these cuts risk pushing even more people to food banks.
Disabled people are already three times more likely to face hunger, and these cuts risk pushing even more people to food banks.
March 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Fucking hell, how hard is it.
Tax. The. Rich.
Tax. The. Rich.
I have finally got hold of images from an MRI of my brain from last year!
Any suggestions of who may be willing to look at it in relation to brain injury?
@alanpearcephd.bsky.social any suggestions?
Any suggestions of who may be willing to look at it in relation to brain injury?
@alanpearcephd.bsky.social any suggestions?
March 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I have finally got hold of images from an MRI of my brain from last year!
Any suggestions of who may be willing to look at it in relation to brain injury?
@alanpearcephd.bsky.social any suggestions?
Any suggestions of who may be willing to look at it in relation to brain injury?
@alanpearcephd.bsky.social any suggestions?
JD Vance is definitely Jonathan Gullis’ idol isn’t he, you just know it.
March 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
JD Vance is definitely Jonathan Gullis’ idol isn’t he, you just know it.
Is “ludicrous” an appropriate word to use in an academic review?
Asking for a friend (genuinely 😂)
Asking for a friend (genuinely 😂)
December 17, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Is “ludicrous” an appropriate word to use in an academic review?
Asking for a friend (genuinely 😂)
Asking for a friend (genuinely 😂)
Damn, last week marked 14 years teaching.
2 FE colleges, 2 Universities, 4 cities, 2 countries.
Must be time to write my autobiography?
2 FE colleges, 2 Universities, 4 cities, 2 countries.
Must be time to write my autobiography?
December 4, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Damn, last week marked 14 years teaching.
2 FE colleges, 2 Universities, 4 cities, 2 countries.
Must be time to write my autobiography?
2 FE colleges, 2 Universities, 4 cities, 2 countries.
Must be time to write my autobiography?
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Sport and exercise science isn't in a dire state because of replication concerns alone... It's the whole cadre of naïve empiricism, reliance on induction ("evidence based"), no or vague theory, flimsy predictions, weak use of null hypothesis testing (not just NP testing), the list goes on.
November 30, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Sport and exercise science isn't in a dire state because of replication concerns alone... It's the whole cadre of naïve empiricism, reliance on induction ("evidence based"), no or vague theory, flimsy predictions, weak use of null hypothesis testing (not just NP testing), the list goes on.
Does anyone have a good overview of science communication podcasts based in Norway. Doesn’t have to be Norwegian language, just the hosts (or a host) based in 🇳🇴
Obviously thinking of you @dsquintana.bsky.social and Everything Hertz
Obviously thinking of you @dsquintana.bsky.social and Everything Hertz
November 27, 2024 at 9:22 AM
Does anyone have a good overview of science communication podcasts based in Norway. Doesn’t have to be Norwegian language, just the hosts (or a host) based in 🇳🇴
Obviously thinking of you @dsquintana.bsky.social and Everything Hertz
Obviously thinking of you @dsquintana.bsky.social and Everything Hertz